Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1915 — Page 1

No. 45.

TONIGHT AT THE PRINCESS ♦ ••y ■ ■' Zudora in Episode No. 8 this evening will be shown a great battle to rescue Zudora, in which four members of the ifllm corporation were severely injured. Nothing so sensational has ever been shown on the screen. In Epioode No. 9 a fright train ivill be blown up, , lOdd Fellows day Tuesday, commencing at 2 p. m. Four reels. The Exploits of Ealine Wednesday night. 5c and 10c Marion L Adams made a trip to Monticello today. iMrs. D. E. Hollister went to North Manchester today to visit her sister. iMrs. Lyman Zea and son, Ernie, returned this morning from a visit in Fair Oaks. Frank Horsewood returned this morning from a visit with his father near Topeika, Ind. Mrs. W. F. Cooper came from Monticello this morning to visit her sister, Miss Opal Sharp, O. G. Baker went to Chicago Saturday for a short visit with his brother, W. C. and wife. iMr. Earl Bradburn, of New Carlisle, Ind., was the guest over Sunday of Miss Agnes Platt. Two little children of Mr. and (Mrs. John Nagle are quite sick with pneumonia, one especially so. Emmet Fidler found an auto tire that J. C. Gwin had lost and an ad in The Republican restore it to its owner. Mrs. Harriett McCarthy, who teaches school in Chicago, was here over Saturday and Sunday to see her two children who are living with A. J, Keeney and family. Easter is near at hand and now is the time to order your suit. 1,000 samples to choose from, at reasonable prices. C. EARL DUVALL, Mr. and Mrs W. L. Millspaugh, who were married recently after eloping, are visiting friends in and near Rensselaer. They live near Mathews. Ind.

Orin Hatton, a traveling salesman and demonstrator for the Majestic Steel Range Co., of]St. Louis, spent Sunday in Rensselaer with his brother, Russell Hatton. Leslie Pollard left this morning for Chillicothe and other places in Ohio. After a visit of about two weeks he will begin canvassing for the sale of aluminum ware, which he has sold with considerable success in this county. Don’t try to make boys' wash suits when you can find such a fine line of Oliver Twist, Dutch, Middys and rompers on display at Duvall's Quality Shop. C. EARL DUVALL. (Mrs. Mary A. Smith, a washerwoman, found a loose $lO bill on the floor of the postoffice Saturday and left it with Deputy Postmaster Davenport to be claimed by the owner. Her honesty deserves highest commendation. (Mrs. Charles Saidla is quite a little improved from her long and severe attack of rheumatism and is now able to sit up quite a little. This will be good news to, her friends. She has been confined to her home and for the most part to her bed for several months. Everet Halstead made a trip to Indianapolis today. A handbag contained some of the information he was to present to the federal court. He got out of an automobile driven by Bove (Makeever and forgot the handbag and he had to get busy with the telephone He succeeded in heading Bove dff at the county farm and he got back to the depot in time for the handbag to catch the same train Everet caught ■ ,_ r Try our Classified Column .. Try our Classified Column. { .

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FARMERS’ INSTITUTE FRIDAY, FEB. 26

James. Kline and Mrs. Charles W. Sewell Will Sneak at Meeting to Be Held This Week. -mmmmlLm, The Jasper county farmers’ institute will be held in Rensselaer Friday of this week, Feb. 26th, and W. S. Day, chairman, and Chauncey Wood, secretary, have completed a program that is publish°d in The Republican and which should attract a largo number of farmers and their wives. The Department of Agricultural Extension of Purdue University was consulted in making the plans for the meeting and the result is that two splendid institute workers have been secured, namely, James Kline, of Lagrange county, and Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, of Otterbein, Benton county. The following information concerning them is supplied by the Purdue station; Mr. Klein has been engaged in farming for 35 years and is now living on his farm of 160 acres of level, sandy loam soil, well suited to the staple farm crops of his latitude. He is growing several crops and classes of live stock, but his specialties are seed corn { registered cattle and horses. The farm improvements he has made include a dwelling, two barns, silo, fencing and minor buildings. He is a member of the county horticultural society and has served two years as a farmers’ institute chairman an£ four years as president of the county boys’ conn school. He has written for the local and st»te papers for many yean He began life as a farm hand at fifteen years of age. A* twenty-five he purchased an 80-acie farm and has added another 66 since. He has done farm institute work in Indiana and (Michigan. Mrs. Sewell is a farmer’s wife and has lived on a farm 14 years, where she has met the usual experiences of the home keeper on the farm. Herself and husband are engaged in grain growing and stock raising of a farm of 80 acres. The substantial improvements include a remodeled dwelling and barn, etc. Mrs. Sewell takes part regularly in the farmers' institute work of the neighborhood and for the last three years has attended several farmers* institutes in nearby counties. She is the mother of two children and is meeting and solving the . usual problems of the farm home. She is especially Interested in the betterment of the home and community. This institute comes at a time of year when farmers and their wives can attend it to the best advantage and it is hoped to have the court house filled with the • progressive farmers of the county and that the boys and girls will be present also. Don’t forget the time, Friday of this week.

Shown at The Princess Theatre This Week.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, commencing at 2 o’clock p. m., will be portrayed on the screen a specially selected photo drama in connection with the Odd Fellows picture showing the Home Grounds, etc. This is a 25c Show for 10c and sc. On Wednesday evenng the Exploits of Elaine. This is a society drama that all should see.

Presbyterian Church Cafeteria.

Dinner will be served in church dining parlors Tuesday, Feb. 23, beginning at 5 p, m. Menu. Stewed chicken 10c Baked ham and horseradish...loc Mashed potatoes and gravy ... 5c Noodles ...» 6c Spaghetti 5c Baked beans 5c Potato salad 5c Gold slaw 5c Dill pickles lc Cucumber pickles lc White bread 2c Corn bread 3c Butter lc Pie 5c Cheese ... lc Ice cream 5c Cake , .*. 5c Coffee 5c Home made candy. The public is cordially, invited and strangers in the city especially invited. We handle the famous John Deere line of farm machinery. - - HAMILTON A KELLNER.

Notice to the ladies of Rensselaer and county that we now have on display a full line of little fellows’ wash Oliver Twist, Dutch, Middys and„ romper suits in all color combinations at reasonable a EARL DUVALL

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, FEB. 22, 1916.

Tribute to Edwin P. Hammond

By John P.

The press does not respect .time, nor thing nor person. And Is endured for that reason. Col. Hammond Monday noon was reading on his 'book, his finger marking the place, a stenographer had just left him. Inquiry was made concerning a newspaper antide. “Yes. It is in Friday’s issue of Indianapolis News. Friday was the 12th. On page nineteen and the third column, about the middle of the column.” Incidentally the colonel was elected judge in Benton county some forty years ago. At the time the county clerk, sheriff, auditor, the big shippers, the country editor and his wife and sweehearts had railroad passes. The proletariat paid three cents a mile. Passes from several railroads were sent to the newly elected judge. Everyone was returned. He presided in the McCulloch case, and that was some forty years ago. At that time Col. DeHart was in the full knighthood of his ability. A person could not be found guilty of murder unless it had been shown that there was a murder. And there v had been learned men who had written books who believed what DeHart said. The bones found in York township with the cleft skull were exhibited. With that « fine lady’s voice, Col. Hammond replied, “It looks to me from these bones that there was somebody in life who is now dead. I will hear evidence concerning whose skull was this.” "A new law had been made. In the Avoline case of Jasper county a new precedent in habeas corpus proceedings was established. These decisions made two score years ago were enough to make him famous, but his f entire life has been a life of big things. He wears a little bronze button in his coat. For four years he had some duties outside of the court. At Chickamauga more than half of his command was lost. Twelve of the twenty officers were left on the battle field. He was reorganizing the remnants for another charge. Some remonstrated. “What, do you expect to live alwAys.” And it is said that the badge of the French Legion of Honor was presented to him, but is never known to display it. On account “of the disturbance outside of court” in which there was considerable noice, he does not hear well out of his right ear and one of his legs draws some on account of the long marches to the sea. But he does not care for that. He is a member of the G. O. P. When charges are printed in the newspaper concerning his party, he wears the colors of the Loyal League. A friend was telling of how the leaders of the republican party were using it for their personal gain. That they were robbers and. all of that. He replied in that fine voice that can be heard across a block, “Well, what uv it? They always did. When

ED OLIVER HAD A BIG CROWN SUNDAY

Brought Thirty-Five People to Newland Sunday and Sold Several Tracts of Land. Ed Oliver continues to bring lots of buyers from Chicago to the trucking lands of Jasper county and Sunday had thirty-three men here, It is reported that he Again sold fourteen tracts of land from the Springer ranch, near Kniman. Some of those who made the trip had previously bought. It Is expected there will be many new truck farmers in the Newland and Knimab regions this spring. One of the men who came down Sunday is considering the establishment of a canning factory at Newland. This would be a great thing and would offer an opportunitq for more diversified fanning than is possible at this time. Corn, peas, tomatoes and beans could be profitably raised.

Young Lady Suffers Severe Attack of Appendicitis.

Miss Helen Leatherman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Leatherman, is severely ill with appendicitis and her condition is regarded especially critical because she was not well from an attack of tonsillitis when the appendix trouble asserted itselt It Is probable that a surgical operation will be performed at her home. She is a member of the junior class of the Rensselaer high school. - £

LOST—A sew bag, predominating -eok>r yellow; contained hand crocheted laet and crochet hook.—Alice Daniels, Phone 299.

Carr in the Fowler Tribune

in the army it was charged that the blankets the boys drew would not hold baled hay. Was that any reasons why they should desert?" When there is a republican victory, arid a line of rejoicing men is formed, the old colonel, now near four score years, is out near the head of the procession of red fire and dropping grease, ihappier than a king and dives over in one brief hour the great victories of fifty years ago, of which he was a part. On account of the “disturbance out of court,” 001. Hammond’s musical educations was neglected. He knows two tunes, however—Yankee Doodle—and all of the other tunes that are not Yankee Doodle he is unable to distinguish any difference between them. Since Judge Hammond commenced practice of law for the third or four time—in his present firm—his fame has vastly increased until he stands among the foremost of the great jurists and advocates of the nation. A few of his great cases are familiar to us, say the Turpie and Lowe case, the Grey case, the case of Ryan against Jasper county, the Newton County Court House case, the Moses Fowler Chase case, the Tom Marshall constitution case, the settlement of the Jane Hawkins’ estate, and the present Caldwell will case—all show such marked abiity and genius as that any one of them would make fame for an ordinary lawyer. A few years ago he was the senior counsel for the plaintiff in the Moses Fowler Chase case, which was tried in this place. It was among the great trials of the nation, the tragic story of the afflicted son, the worn out, disappointed father; the whereabouts of the son unknown. All seem to be lost. Yet the property was restored and the boy brought back to this county and placed in charge of his father. The victory in the Caldwell will case is largey a victory for Col. Hammond.. He wrote the interrogatories. He did not even consult the orators of the legal firms employed concerning them. He, with the assistance of Judge Isham, briefed the case. And the case was reversed on the showing of the evidence. It is a master piece in the law of the nation. Monday the colonel was sitting in his corner in the Earl & Hatchler block near the north light. His deep set gray eye was as full of life as ever, and his voice had the distinctness of old; his body, he ever had the crooked body of a student; but his hair was snow white like the Inside wood of spoke hickory. It is something to stand among the first in a nation as scholar, soldier, lawyer, jurist and cultured gentleman. All these honors Judge Hammond has won in schools and courts and camps and battle fields and held against all comers. Long may he live to. wear them modestly among us every day.

Methodist Revivals Continue With Increasing Interest.

The revival meetings biought out two large congregations at the Methodist church Sunday. There were 316 in attendance at the Sunday school. In the morning Dr. Curnick preached upon the subject “Present Day Miracles.” And in the evening on ‘The Unpardonable Sin.” The spirit of revival was manifested at both services. In the inorning Mrs. John Dunlap sang a very beautiful solo, and Mrs. Curnick sang in the evening. At the close of the evening service the congregation sang “O, Happy Day,” and many came forward around the altar for a season of prayer and consecration. Mr. and Mrs. Landy Magee came forward and were converted and gave their names to the church. The revival meetings will continue all week, beginning at 7:30.

I can procure you a Farm Loan at a very low rate us interest and reasonable commission and without unnecessary delay. If you want a loan it will pay you to see me at once. Office west side of public square. P. R. BLUE

The Eastern Star dub will meet Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the home of 'Mrs. J. A. McFarland Mm. McFarland and Mrs. Henkle will be hostesses.

All color combination in wash Oliver Twist, Dutch, Middys and rompers suits now on display at Duvall’* Quality Shop. All at reasV C. EARL DUVALL.

MONEY TO LOAN.

Eastern Star Club.

WILLIAM F. POWERS JOINS SUM RANKS

Another Old Soldier Answers Last 801 l Call—Funeral to Be Held Tuesday P. M. William F. Powers, well known by the nickname of “Baldy,” died Saturday afternoon at his home on River street from an attack of heart failure. He had been suffering from an injured leg for several months and only recently had been able to get out of the house. He was up town on crutches Friday and seemed on the road to recovery but the attack of heart failure siezed him late Saturday afternoon and although three doctors were called and worked heroically to save his life, he passed away while they were there. (Mr. Powers was an old citizen of this city and served through the civil war. He is survived by hs wife and one stepson, Fred Cissell. The funeral of Mr. Powers will be conducted Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Parrett, of the Presbyterian church, at the home. Mr. Powers was a staunch prohibitionist in politics and had cast his ballot for the to|al abolition of the liquor traffic for many years.

J. F. Nelson Moving to Michigan—Bought Farm There.

J. F. Nelson, who for a number of years has resided southeast of this city, recently sold his farm of 40 acres to Oscar Hauter for $l4O per acre. He went to Michigan with C. J. Dean and purchased an improved farm of 80 acres near Fremont, Mich., and only a short distance from the farm recently purchased by William Klein, who moved there from Milroy township. Mrs. Nelson’s mother, Mrs. Caleb Pierson, also had 40 acres adjoining the farm Mr. Nelson sold to Mr. Hauter. This has been rented to Estel Markin. The farm Mr. Nelson bought in Michigan is well improved, has a good 5-room house, a barn for 6 read of horses and 16 stanchions or cows, also considerable fruit. The farm is all under cultivation, dr. Nelson had expected to take our head of good dairy cows with lim, but the quarantine against oot and mouth infection makes it mpossible to ship stock from one state to another and he will sell the stock at public auction in Rensselaer Saturday afternoon, Feb. 27th. Firth’s friends here wish him fine success in hi§ new loear tion.

Militia Company to Be Inspected This Evening.

Company M, of the Rensselaer militia, is to be inspected this Monday evening by an officer from the United States army And Captain Tuteur has notified all members of the company to be present. The property inspection takes place today. Owing to the limited dimensions of the floor space of the present quarters of the company the inspection can not be as complete as usual, single squad drill being all that can be undertaken. The inspection of the Monticello company takes place Tuesday evening.

W. H. Stucker returned to North Manchester today afte rpaying a visit to his aged father, Philip Stucker, of near Mt. Ayr. His father has been quite poorly of late. 0 G. M. Myers, of the telephone company, went to Chicago Saturday and today expected to drive his Haladay car down to be used in with his telephope work. V" The case of the State of Indiana against William (McCoy for having killed his wife and paramour came to a sudden close at Frankfort Saturday and the lawyers are to argue the case today. " Mrs. Anna Tyler, who suffered a stroke of paralysis more than a year ago, is now some better and is able to do her own work and to talk with friends over the telephone; This will be good news to her many old acquaintances. Mrs. E. J. Duvall went to Chicago last week to be present when Mr. Duvall's sister (Mrs. Prank G. Burch, was taken into the Park Eastedn Star order. Mrs. Duvall is the Past Worthy (Matron of that order in this city. Bert Sprague, of Pleasant Lake, Ind., visited his cousin, Ralph Sprague, over Sunday. It was the first time they had met in 23 years. Orin just happened last week to I learn that Ralph was in Rensselaer and hr lost no time in payinr him a visit.

ACCOMMODATING FIRE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

Mice «nd Matches Protnblj R*sponsible for Small Stem at Murray Store Saturday. A chemical fire extinguisher was used successfully Saturday evening at about 6 o’clock to put out a small fire in the grocery department ol the G. E. (Murray 00. department store Apparently mice or rats had set fire to matches by gnawing them. In the excitement of turning in a fire alarm the number was either given wrong or the girl at the telephoe office understood it wrong, for the fire plug was given as 46 when it should have been 25. The fire company went to the former W. R. Lee property, now occupied by Vem Robinson and finding no fire got Into communication with the telephone office and finally learned where the fire was. There was much unnecessary delay, but fortunately employes of the store had used a Chemical extinguisher effectively and the fire was subdued with small damage Had the fire occurred any other day than Saturday or any night it would doubtless have resulted in a great loss, possibly sweeping the entire block. In connection with the mistake about the plug number, Fire Chief Montgomery wishes to give some valuable information about fires. The plug numbers are liable to be misunderstood, so it is requested that any person reporting fires do so as follows: ‘Tire plug two five," not twentyfive, or three six, not thirty-six. And at the same time tell whose house or store is on fire. This will guard against misunderstandings and delays that might prove very serious.

Indiana Borrows $400,000 to Reimburse Farmers of State.

The state boad of finance of Indiana borrowed $400,000 Friday. It was a short-time loan and the money will be due to the loaners on June 30, when the semi-annual settlemet of taxes is made with the state treasurer. The interest paid is 2 Yz per cent for the 4 months and 9 days, which is about 7 per cent per annum. The (Merchants National Bank and the Indiana Trust Co. of Indianapolis fftmished the money. The state must pay out something like SIOO,OOO to reimburse stock dealers whose cattle and other stock was killed on account of the foot and mouth disease. Another item of expenditure at this time is for SBO,OOO worth of seisel, the raw material used at the state prison for the. manufacture of binder twine. There has been a steadily increased cost of maintenance of the state penal and benevolent institutions, which also takes part of the money. It is not stated whether his loan will be sufficient to tide over until July Ist or not. Judging by past probably not.

E. Gilmore Sold Iowa Farm At Big Advance in Pries.

E. Gilmore, of Lee, arrived in Rensselaer this (Monday morning from Sibley, in northwest lowa, where he had just completed the sale of a half section of land he had owned for 25 years. (He paid sl6 per acre for the land and sold it for $l3O per acre an advance of sll4 per acre in price and he had had many a good crop from it in the meantime,

Father of Mrs. C. B. Mills Suffers Apopleptic Stroke

This Monday morning Mrs. C. E. Mills received a telephone massage from Ottawa, IIL, that her aged father, Charles P. Smith, had suffered a stroke of apoplexy and was at the point of death. Accompanied by her son, Howard, she lefft for Ottawa on the 10:46 train. ?lr. Smith was almost 83 years of age and had been enjoying the very best of health.

Have Your Trees Sprayed How.

I have purchased a Hurst power sprayer and wilPbe ready to spray your trees on and after March Ist cotton and San Joae scale arc kill' ting the trees in Rensselaer and attention should be given to them before the leaves get out lam prepared to kitt the cotton scale on the maples and San Jose scale on fruit trees and will guarantee results. Prices reasonable. Leave orders at Rapublicanofficn TTATTIOfTg v |li7AjAm. Tnj.

Clean Your Wall Paper. I will be able to take care of your wall paper clmninT whehwei? ME want it done,—W»"“'A. Davenport, Phone 43t, t

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